Exploring the copy/paste ghost town for millionaires
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- Опубліковано 14 гру 2023
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In this episode me and my friend @brvlantpastis (Vyatich) visit the most well-known ghost town in Tukey with more than 700 copy/paste villas.
Nestled in the Turkish countryside, Burj Al Babas was envisioned as a fantastical haven, boasting 732 identical château-style villas sprawled across the landscape. Each mansion was meticulously designed to mimic the architectural charm of French castles, complete with spires, turrets, and intricate facades, creating an otherworldly atmosphere reminiscent of fairy tales.
The ambitious project sought to cater to the burgeoning luxury real estate market. The development promised an array of amenities, including thermal spas, shopping centers, and recreational facilities, aiming to transform the area into a lavish getaway.
However, despite the grand vision and an initial surge of interest, Burj Al Babas faced an unfortunate fate. Financial difficulties hit hard, and construction came to an abrupt halt in 2019. The once-promising venture crumbled as the Sarot Group filed for bankruptcy, leaving behind a surreal landscape of 587 deserted and incomplete castles, forever frozen in time.
This ghost town now stands as a stark reminder of the challenges that can accompany grand-scale real estate ventures. The fate of Burj Al Babas serves as a cautionary tale, where dreams of creating a fairytale haven turned into a haunting testament to the unpredictability of economic landscapes.
December 2023.
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Individually, those houses are cute. All together, that's just freaky.
Very good description. Nice things sometimes look ugly if there is too much of it around. like having 100 rolex watches of the same model.
It looks like A.I art, hundreds of identical disney castles, how bizarre
Ivan! It is so good to see you again!
I just found your channel the other day and I'm loving your videos. The unique blend of road-trip vlog and urban exploration along with all the historical background information and interviews with locals makes your videos extremely entertaining and informative.
Also, your English is great! Keep it up, man!
It is so appeasing to hear and read about this video, that it is a current one from this december 2023. So we know now that you are well. 😌😌😌
Rows of identical houses with no yard all bunched up together looks about like any modern US suburban neighborhood built in the last 20 years.
Only difference is us houses built in the modern Era are boring as hell. And made out of wood course.
It should be rather obvious that there would've been a yard if they got finished...
Yea, They look awful.
Housing for city bugs...
@@Kingzzxepic I do like the way you can make an entire American home vibrate with only 3 14inch subwoofers and a 700 dollar amplifier. Beyond that tho I have mixed feelings about modern American construction techniques. It's supposed to be cheaper but it's still so expensive to build a modern home I would never notice.
You know that most of Turkish people forget this ridiculous houses. This ridiculous thing was advertised so well at the time in Türkiye that it even has its own website. I don't know why they built an illogical building to attract Arab citizens for sell citizenship to a district that is a Unesco heritage site as a Cittaslow (a quiet city). But it's a good thing they didn't manage to do it. I hope it will decay even more and turn into towns in horror movies...
Also, on behalf of the Turks, I would like to thank you for reminding us of this nonsense. Because we have dementia, we need to be constantly reminded by someone. Normally, people should react to such nonsense, but they only know how to shout Palestine.
In addition, in a country without a nuclear power plant, a lead factory in Gaziemir, Izmir, buried the nuclear waste it purchased unknowingly, so there is around 10,100 m3 of radioactive waste in that region. Anyone can enter as they wish. I definitely hope you can show this place and remind us.
Ne alakası var filistinle? Filistinliler hiç kimse onları kurtarmadan ölüyorlar, onları neden problemlerinize sokuyorsun? Onları anma bari söylemeyecek iyi bir şeyin yok madem
Welcome back Vagabond
The style of the houses reminds me for the style of the German houses and villas of the Kaiser time of the years between 1800 and 1910. It really looks like, as if they wanted to copy that German style, where every villa and many regular, normal multi-family rent houses in Germany looked like little German castles.
The difference is: The German houses were build for eternity in high quality.
AND: Every German house looked different and unique. The houses in the video are looking like a crazy nightmare because they all look the same.
first view here. I aspire to do this one day man
Keep up the good work! Great Video!
Finally a new video Ivan 👍👍 I waited so long for a new video from you :)
Очень круто новый видео
Большой привет
Эдмонд
Hope that dog doesn't bark and give your presence away! Cool video.
thank you for taking to abandoned willage
This place is more useful as a filmmaker set snf location now
i always wondered what this place was like up close
I enjoy your videos man.. if you're ever in Ireland let me know and I'll show you around 🤙🏻
Vaga, do you know when or where your next rail hopping trip will be? Thanks. Love your channel.💯👍
Wow sneaking in, the adventures you take are inspiring. You put out another very good vlog. Keep on exploring n sharing these. Stay safe.
If the village ever had been completed, it would have looked soooo shitty as every house would look the same.
Since rich people might prefer an unique house over a "copy and paste" style house I wonder who thought that building something like this park was a good idea...
With all the identical architecture, this town is just BEGGING for an Ironia Sudby remake
I've watched an Urbexer explore this last year or so and I still think this must have been a scam.
Who wants to live in a clone village like that with abysmal construction quality? Most of the ornate features appear to be styrofoam with plaster on top and very creative cinderblock laying where walls and corners dont line up as they should. 😅
At around 6:37 He said it in the video. Probably they bought it to get turkish citizenship. It is not made to live there.
@@jvbird6561 If you have that amount of money, why not ''move'' somewhere even better? I mean, Turkey is a somewhat nice country, but hey, Europe is just around the corner.
@@milionST because most of European countries don't sell their citizenship with only money but Turkey does. Also the country is Muslim so Turkey their or their children's escape and tourism plan.
Looks like daub version of suburban area in USA or speed builded houses for population in RTS game:)
Looks like random placed keeps in wc3 world editor.
LMAO exactly. It looks like result of my first attempt to make a map in it, ha-ha.
The build quality of these houses is hilarious. Major ornaments for example are made from Styrofoam. These houses, even when finished, wouldn't last for 15 years.
Styrofoam is fine, it's pretty popular for decorations. Doesn't last but also cheap and easy to replace. It has no place in $500k house though, sure. Cinder blocks too. And look at that concrete, it already crumbles in places and its reinforcement is exposed to elements. I've seen on this channel Soviet buildings abandoned for decades in better condition than this.
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Reminds me of a time I visited China back in the 2000s. It was amazing they had row after row of identikit French houses. Then row after row of English style houses we have on the sea front here. It was most Bizarre. Couldn't see if they were inhabited or not. These projects seem to be a good idea at the time, but who really wants to live in a recreated Paris or Rome?? P.S your English is excellent by the way. Just a note those stairs you showed are known as a spiral staircase.
Just shows you building off plan is a bad idea! Lots of similar bankrupt projects everywhere. But hey-ho it finances something new somewhere else...and the merry-go-round continues!! Good to see you back,
5:35 this is the toilet flush
Haha, hillarious thumbnail!
I wonder if it was one of those type of government jobs or real estate programs similar to China.
It's like a cult village, with everyone dressing in medieval clothes and calling themselves "king" and walk around like they are something lol
The architecture is really nice but it doesn’t fit into Turkey. The designer must’ve been German or french?
my brother. How are you. I want to ask something. in Serbia. Which city or station do the freight trains depart from? How do you learn? From Serbia to European countries. Can you tell me where the freight trains leave from? and I am in Istanbul, Türkiye. I sent you a DM, please reply. Let's meet.
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Why your friend's face is not shown?
Because this area is restricted. Probably, he doesn't want to deal with the courts because of this nonsense.
They were made using Blender.
Really strange village))
No roads. What a weird place.
Is the Turkish military gonnah use this land for urban fighting training?
Classic quality Turkish craftsmanship 😂😂😂
400k for a concrete copy pasted crapshack in turkey rofl no wonder this fell on its face
Village of turkish smurfs 😂😂
Vagabond where is the video from mauritania in train, why you deleted?
I didn't delete it, it's available on my channel.
@@ivantrainsLIVE Let me see it, By Link
A lot of your video is hidden i Don't know why! Maybe the politic of youtube against russia
Proof that just because fate has gifted you with money doesn’t mean nature gave you brains.
You just found the backrooms
Где тх??
If you are going to make some ugly little mcmansion at least these things look pleasing from the outside. I've seen way worse in other areas.
who want's to pay 600.000 US$ to get a citizenship in Turkey?? And what for?
These houses had been exposed to the elements now for 4 years?! Beside of their "fairytale-look", they are trash because of this. What a waste. And this in a country where thousands upon thousands of people lost their homes in earthquakes in February 2023. Well done Turkey. 💩👍
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One of the most tasteless building projects ever.... and ofcourse, its for rich arabs.
В Китае намного более масштабные города призраки